Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,537, John Farrar, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Farrar, John or Furrar
S43,537
CONTENTS

0151
New York
John Fustar
of Coon in the state of New York , who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greene of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three Years
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 16 of April 1813
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of March 1819 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua N. York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 15.03 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.
$ 153.03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

6th Dec 1818 John Brown Agree to this
[Handwritten signature or mark]
John Brown Agree to this
Robert

State of New York Ontario County ss
John Farrar of the town of Oron in the County of Ontario and State of New York formerly from the town of Northfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts being duly examined and sworn deposes and saith that he is a native citizen of the United States and that he served this Country in the War of the Re- bellion against the Common Enemy and that he en- listed in November 1876 for three years as a private soldier in Capt. Charles Collins Company in the 11th Massachu- setts Regiment commanded by Col. John Grayson and at the expiration of said time he the deponent was honor- ably discharged at Pikesville in the State of Maryland - And the deponent further saith that he sent his discharge to Boston by Eleanor James (Representative from the town of Northfield) for the purpose of obtaining dispo- sition money - And that he the deponent never has seen said Discharge since nor is he able to obtain it - And the deponent further saith that he is Fifty nine years of age in arduous circumstances and in need of support from Government and he therefore prays that his name may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an Act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 - entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the
Revolutionary War and for the deponent's death not - having occurred since his discharge on the 10 th day of April 1818 and that he is not receiving a pension from the State of Massachusetts (and that he is not entitled to a pension from said State)

Ontario County ss.
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John H. Harris the proceedings against the same as now pending in the said Court are just and reasonable and that the proceedings and testimony taken can have life in the for the defendant of her present to the directions of the government of Congress.
Canandaigua April 15 th 1815.
Stephen Phelps
Ontario County ss.
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify from satisfactory evidence exhibited before me that Vah. Harris the aforementioned Applicant is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his country for support.
Canandaigua July 9 th 1815.
Stephen Phelps

The Honorable the Secretary of War if my kind and dear will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phillips Esq r of Cumberland who is my agent
16 th Dec r
2

State of New York Ontario County Clerk's office
In Testimony that Stephen Bliss whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 24 th day of April A D 1818
Thos. M c Naughton Clerk

Cade of John Farar

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this Nineteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) John Tarrar aged Sixty two years, resident in the town of Acco in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
for the term of three years in Captain Charles Coatens Company in the Third Massachusetts Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Grayson Commencing in November 1776
and that he made application for a Pension on the 16 th day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 8151 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 14th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  One Saw 2.00 3 buck saws 2.62 4.62   One bay Saw 25 1 old hammer, 15 ,40   15 old planes 2.50 2 planes 75 3.25   5 old chisels 2.25 2.25   11 old small chisels and gouges 1.00   2 small jointers and one plane 1.75 one oil stone, 50 2.25   1 old pairing chisels, 25 4 augers 2.00 2.25   1 stock and bits 7.50 2 trying squares 2.00 9.50   1 rule, 50 1 old square & compasses, 50 1.00   26.52 
John Tarrar
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a carpenter and that by age and bodily infirmities I am unable to work at my trade or perform any other kind of manual labour and that my family consists of a son Chauncy aged 12 years and my son Amos aged 9 years
John Tarrar
Sworn to and declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in open Court before me
Moses Stuart A Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Nostrand Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court: and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Twenty Six dollars and fifty two cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of August A.D. 1820
J Van Nostrand
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
W
May 28, 1928
Mrs. Frank L. McCagg 330 Main St Brackport, N. Y.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 43537 , it appears that John Farrar enlisted in November 1776 and served three years as a private in Captain Charles Colton's Company, Colonel John Greaton Third Massachusetts Regiment
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, while a resident of Avon, Ontario County, New York, aged fifty-nine years. At this time he stated that he had formerly lived in Northfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
In 1820 soldier stated that his son, Chauncy, was twelve years old; and his son, Amos, was nine years old.
It is not shown that there was a son Chandler.
The soldier died March 3, 1853. There are no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1928 May 28 Hist to Mrs Frank E McCagg. Aug.
43 537 INVALID.
Rey
File No. 43.537
John Farra
His Also Far
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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320 main street Brooklyn N.Y. May 11, 1928
RECEIVED
G.A.O.
The General Accountant General Accounting Office Old Pension Bureau Bldg. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
On the pension record of John Tarrar National No. 77854 pension record S. file no. 43551 certified no. 8151 issued 1818 is there any writing to show he had a son Chandler. If so will you please advise me?
In filling out E.A.R. records it is necessary to have a reference to printed records and I can not find them so far.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours Jennie Phillips McLaugh (Mrs. Frank L.)
PENSION MAY 20 1928
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE MAY 14 1928

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON
RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
R-PDF-LA
May 24, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
The letter of Jennie Phillips McCagg, dated May 11, 1928, relative to John Farrar, is referred as it appears to be a matter for the attention of your office.
For the Comptroller General of the United States.
Respectfully,
Reed G. Martin Chief, Records Division.